Originally Posted by
PerfInit
This is one of the main reasons I got seriously bored and left the long haul world. BOS or MIA to SEA was the worst, particularly in winter. I much prefer shorter legs. If you do contemplate using Portable Electronic Devices to prevent boredom, make sure you ask the Capt first if they are OK with it and ensure no Feds are in the jumpseat watching you. See 121.542(d); you can thank the crew that overflew their destination by several hundred miles while they were totally oblivious, bidding for next month’s sked.
The whole “bidding” thing is totally ridiculous considering the amount of radio calls that they missed... Do you take your headset off to bid?
I’m guessing that they both dozed off, but didn’t want to admit it. It probably would have been better if they had admitted to sleeping rather than online bidding. OK, back to the regularly scheduled thread programming...